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Anybody who has ever explored the lovely countryside where Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire meet will recognise these flats, for they are visible from many rural viewpoints for miles around

Anybody who has ever explored the lovely countryside where Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire meet will recognise these flats, for they are visible from many rural viewpoints for miles around

It was in Shropshire Street that Roland Lateward lived at the end of the 1700s.

This thatched cottage sits at the northern end of the village and was once a pub whose custom came from those travelling to and from Shropshire.

Ellesmere Port was created when the Earl of Ellesmere constructed a canal from Ellesmere in Shropshire to meet the River Mersey.

This building still exists - but not in Shropshire.

This branch line canal was built to link with Telford's last canal, the Shropshire Union canal.

Northern Shropshire is famous for its cheeses and dairy products, hence the market (or Buttercross) in the picture, which was built in 1824.

In 1846 the Shropshire Union Canal Co was formed by the amalgamation of several companies.

Dawley and Wellington were rivals to control Shropshire's new town.

This runs for 30 miles through the heart of Cheshire, and ends by the locks of Grindley Brook just on the border with Shropshire.

The pub's name refers to the Shropshire tree in which Charles II hid from his pursuers after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

Now known as the Shropshire Union Canal, the Ellesmere Canal was built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.

The Shropshire Union Canal, shown here, links the heavily industrialised Midlands with the River Mersey at Ellesmere Port.

Undoubtedly the finest surviving timber-framed mansion in Shropshire, this was built in the 1500s by a wealthy wool merchant called Adam Otley.

From Tyrley the canal crosses the Tern by a single-arched aque- duct and crosses the border into Shropshire.

wonderful mix of architectural styles, with 15th-century buildings at the top and elegant Georgian further downhill, all overlooked by the tower of St Lawrence's church, the largest parish church in Shropshire

The ashes of A E Housman, who wrote the above lines in 'A Shropshire Lad', are buried here in St Lawrence's churchyard.

This thatched cottage sits at the northern end of the village and was once a pub whose custom came from those travelling to and from Shropshire.

It looks northwards over the Teme valley and into the neighbouring county of Shropshire.

On the right is the river Mersey, and to the left, by the building with a tall chimney, is the entrance to the Shropshire Union Canal.

Running close by is the Shropshire Union Canal, engineered by Thomas Telford and constructed between 1827 and 1835, linking Birmingham to the Mersey.

Market Drayton's weekly market (every Wednesday) is still famous in Shropshire, drawing people from all over the county.

It is still a family-run hotel; it is particularly popular with walkers, who use it as a base from which to explore the Shropshire hills.